The Attitude of Non Bachelor of Education Students in the University of Cape Coast towards the Teaching Profession
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Attitude, Non Bachelor of Education Students, Teaching ProfessionAbstract
The objective of this study was to assess the attitude of students who have never read any related course in Education in the University of Cape Coast; towards the teaching profession. Two hundred and sixty five respondents who were reading Bachelor Degree programs in Arts, Agriculture and Commerce were randomly selected to answer questionnaires on the study. Frequency table and percentages were used to analyze the study. The study found out that the society’s attitude is unfriendly towards the teaching profession. Again, proper remuneration and attractive incentive which were to be made available to teachers to make the profession attractive were lacking. It also found out that teacher’s attitude has a great effect on the student’s choice of teaching as a profession and evident that parents do not want their wards to become teachers. The researchers recommend that school authorities and government bodies should educate parents that a nation without teachers cannot be developed therefore; there is the need for them to encourage their children to choose teaching as a profession for the betterment of the nation. Stakeholders should highlight the benefits and importance of the teaching profession and give equal platform to the teaching profession. Teachers should conduct themselves in a respectable manner and be good role- models to students in order to be respected and acknowledged for their efforts in the development of the society. The outcome of the study would present stakeholders a fair idea of the depreciation in the quality of teachers in our various schools and the reason as to how and why already employed teachers move away from the sector.
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